DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0241Z June 12, 2013
Four Corners Region & Central US: A large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke extends northeastward from eastern Arizona through New Mexico/Colorado/Oklahoma & Texas Panhandles/Kansas/Missouri. Embedded within the moderately dense smoke are several plumes of dense smoke which are attached to three new wildfires that broke out in Colorado today, as well as ongoing wildfires in New Mexico and Arizona. The smoke is moving in an northeast direction along a stationary boundary that stretches east to west across the northern US. Canada: Several large wildfires continue to burn across portions of northern Manitoba and Quebec this evening. These fires have produced copious amounts of light to moderately dense smoke which could be seen stretching from northern Saskatchewan/eastern Northwest Territories/southern Nunavut eastward through Quebec and a bit southward towards Prince Edward Island. Clouds across Canada inhibiting full detection of the extension of smoke. -Vogt THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov